Thomas L. Maher, Jr., P.G., has worked for Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since September 1991. He is a Vice President with CEC and serves as the company's Corporate Environmental Practice Lead. Tom is also a co-founder of CEC's Technical Advisory Group, which was created to keep CEC at the forefront of technology issues important to clients. He has more than 35 years of diverse environmental compliance, investigation, and remediation experience and has worked on a wide variety of sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and various state-led programs. He has successfully completed projects across the country, as well as in Canada, leading teams of engineers, geologists, ecologists, and risk assessors. He has direct experience working with small to very large companies ranging from routine environmental compliance to complex, legacy industrial sites requiring in-depth knowledge of state and federal regulations and detailed negotiations with regulators and various outside stakeholders. Tom earned a bachelor's degree in Geology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985; and is a registered Professional Geologist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of Arkansas.